Archives for October 2011

Quilt Market is a whirlwind event lasting less than a week, but looks can be deceiving. Preparation for fall market (there are 2 each year) begins before spring market occurs. That’s right — we start on fall market before we get to the spring event. It’s a little mind-boggling to say the least. The first […]

In honor of Halloween, we’re offering scary savings on our complete line of patterns. Order your patterns online and save 40%! Now that’s a spook-tacular sale, if I say so myself. Don’t put it off — the sale ends at noon on Tuesday, November 1. Choose from Butterflies, Bosa Nova Bags, Paintstik Patches, Coneflowers or […]

With Halloween just around the corner, I’d like to serve up a few tricks and treats. Besides, this allows me to answer a question from one of our members. After reading about the new Doodles Rubbing Plates, Nancy Wicks sent off a note asking “Do you have advice on how to get color on specific […]

I’ve been creating rubbing plates for 5 years now, and I’ve come to appreciate one of the little bonuses that comes with each set. We create 6 designs, but we actually get 12 design surfaces. Using one side of the plate, you’ll get the image that we intended when we created the design. Using the […]

The fabulous new Doodles Rubbing Plates are finally in the warehouse and ready to ship. Hooray! I had hoped to have them a month ago, but they are certainly worth the wait. As always, the plates are packaged with a header card that has a series of thumbnail images, so you can see what’s in […]

Oh my gosh! I just finished a quick test of the new Doodle plates and I am thrilled beyond words. OK — not quite beyond words — obviously, I’m still typing. The images are simply fantastic. (I’ll refrain from using the word “awesome” — my graphic artist would hang me!) But the new plates are […]

My mailbox was full of wonderful stuff this morning. In addition to my new rubbing plates, my copy of the October issue of Quilting Arts magazine arrived. Right inside the front cover is the ad announcing my new Rubbing Plate Roundup book. Rubbing Plate Roundup is a collection of twelve fantastic techniques for adding visual […]